Top 10 Richest Families Of Mysore In 2024
Here is the list of the top 10 richest families in Mysore, reflecting their contribution to the culture, economy, and history of the region.
1. The Shenoy Family: This is one of the Saraswat Brahmin families with ancestry well known to have originated from coastal Karnataka. They are known for business causes as well as social activities.
2. N. Ranga Family: This family belongs to a known freedom fighter and Swatantra Party founder N. Ranga. This family is considered a famous influential personage in the Mysore socio-political spectrum.
3. Habib Family: Habib Oil and Grain owners have managed to brand their food processing activities under this umbrella of their industrial empire, especially on oil grains.
4. House of Urs: Amongst the royal families, so much grandeur and cultural excellence is the House of Urs, reportedly a derivation from Wadiyars and it possessed many properties in the land itself.
5. House of Chamarajendra Wadiyar: Besides the background being royal, they inherit the Wadiyars' estate whose subsequent generations hold all the assets of the state and states with some of its members also extremely actively associated with the affluent culture in the city.
6. The Rangachar Family: They are committed to the cause of education and philanthropy. They are running schools, colleges, and trusts all over Karnataka. They dominate the local sphere of education.
7. The Mirza Family: They were into the business of textiles and spice trade, and from the very petty business backgrounds of trading local products, they have built themselves into a house of commerce across the land.
8. The Srikanta Family: It is an emergent entrepreneurial family in Mysore, which is catching up rapidly in the retail and real estate trades.
9. The Patel Family: This family is well endowed with large expanses of farmlands throughout Mysore but also made a name there in agribusiness mainly because of modern farming as well as processing.
10. The Jindals: They are manufacturing experts as well as in the business of steel. Thereby, they help promote industrialization in Mysore. They are always prominent in the market also.
Crossing traditional lines with this spirit, each family settles in their place within heritage, economy, and Mysore life. Thereby, it can be reflected more vividly through educational and philanthropic activities as well as industry-related endeavors through services.